Not talking

My dd (dear daughter) is 26 months now but still not talking and seems not interested when we try to communicate with her. Although she knows most of the words but don’t know how to form sentences. Any idea that how we can encourage her to speak?

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I don't have any answers but just wanted to show you some support. My LO (little one) is not really talking either and his balance is quite poor. We are waiting for ENT because it looks like he has glue ear and until his hearing improves his talking won't either. Have you had your LO's hearing checked?

My lo is 25 months and says Mama, dada/papa, yeah yeah, peas and juice. His please is 'pweah'! If you ask him to say thank you, he'll do so in sign language!

He has started babbling to himself alot more recently and is fine with understanding questions or commands. I'm still waiting to hear from the HV (Health Visitor) about his 2 year check so will bring it up then.

My 26/27 month old is not talking properly yet - he says lots of words but never in a sentence and only very recently has said a lot more different words. I know he understands pretty much everything that I say so I’m not too worried. He didn’t crawl until 8m and didn’t walk until 15m so I think he’s just a bit lazy! Or cautious. You said your daughter knows lots of words so sounds similar to my boy. I have friends with children the same age and some are having full conversations whereas others are the same as my boy. Hope this helps xxxx

My LG is 27 months and doesn’t talk either, she has started to babble loads since starting nursery in January but only really says yeah, no, hiya and da (for dad) I did mention it to hv when she turned 2 she just said she how she goes when she starts nursery and if it has improved by 2 year check (still not had yet) then go from there, but she suggested lots of encouraging to repeat words, choices when picking things, singing and reading stories which I’ve been doing and always have done put still nothing.

Hello my little one has a speech delay. He has glue ear. He is having grommets next week. Why not get your lo hearing checked out to rule that out?
He's on the waiting list for speech therapy. Trying to keep an open mind to it all currently ... He's been in nursery for 3 months and a few more words are flowing.

I would advise to speak to your gp about it if you're at all worried x

My little boy really didn't say much at all but since starting preschool he has really come on. I was really worried about him a couple of months ago but when he had his check she said he was fine for his age. Does your little one go to playgroup? I don't think it helps when people say things about your child's speech. My mum constantly kept mentioning how he should be saying lots of things by now and it's really unhelpful. I think some toddlers are talkers and some are too busy exploring to talk.

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